Welcome to Wildwater Canoeing

Wildwater Canoeing is a discipline of canoe racing, also known as Wildwater Racing and Whitewater Racing. The wildwater time trial is the purest of whitewater racing forms - the athlete, the river, the clock.

A racing performance is the result of physical conditioning, skill and harmony with the water - and is the only sport where social paddling is necessary to achieve a peak performance. Beautiful water, scenery and companionship make the Wild Water Racing experience compelling. The competitor is free to take whichever route on the river they desire, a freedom of racing unsurpassed in the whitewater world. 

Wildwater Canoeing is governed by the British Canoe Union, and managed through GB Canoeing.

Latest News

  • Ranking lists
  • Carlisle results posted
  • Prudhoe results added
  • 2013 Performance Standards
  • GB Team Selections
  • British Championships
  • Selection race results
  • Selection Details Changed
  • Selection - Saturday only
  • ICF Safety Rules Change

  • The ranking lists have been updated. Please could you let This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. know if you find any issues such as duplicate or missing entries/incorrect spelling/wrong gender or age etc. Regional ranking list Wavehopper ranking list

    Wildwater Canoeing ranking list

    Wavehopper ranking list

  • The results from the well attended Prudhoe race have been added (and corrected).

    Regional

    Wavehopper

  • The A1 (top half) and A2 (top 2/3rds) performance standards for 2013 selection have been published in the Senior Team and Junior Team areas

  • The GB Team selections for 2013

    Senior Sprint Champs Solkan.

    Hannah Brown WK1

    World  Cups.

    Jamie Christie MK1

    Nicky Cresser MK1

    Junior World Championships.

    Scott Finch MK1

    Matt Bishop MK1

    Congratulations to all the selected paddlers and wish them well for the respective events 

     

     

  • The British Championships will not take place on 1st June as previously advertised. However, it is hoped that it will be run in late September, probably over the Classic course (above NRA bridge to Bala car park).

    Negotiations are currently underway with Canolfan Tryweryn, but due to difficulties in securing two days of water and the impracticalities of having two races in one day, the championships will be a single race.

     

     

  • Results from yesterday's selection races on the Tryweryn have been published.

    Good to see GB sprinters, Jon Schofield and Hannah Brown, back in action on the rough, and obviously having lost none of their river racing talents.

    Classic

    Sprint

  • Selection will now take place only on Saturday 27th ONLY due to no water on Sunday


    Check in 8.30-9.30 Chapel Falls Car Park
    Start List published 9.45
    Boat and kit checks 10-10.30
    Classic 11am NRA Bridge to Rhulas Pool
    Sprint 1st run 3pm poolbelow Layby to Rhulas 
    Sprint 2nd run 4pm
    Please can we all stick to these times as it is a very tight schedule
    Please remember BCU cards

  • Selection this weekend will now be Saturday only due to the water release.

    Check-in 0830-0930

    Start list published 0945

    Kit check 1000-1030

    Classic  1100

    Sprint 1st run  1500
             2nd run 1600

     

  • A statement will be released in the next ICF Paddle Away publication indicating the WWC rules regarding Helmets and Buoyancy Aids are incorrect. There will be no requirement for the equipment to be on an ICF register - but they must be  EN ISO 12402-5 ( Level 50 ) for BA and EN 1385 for helmets.

Coaching thoughts

Posted in Coaches Blog

This blog is provided by John Sherwen, and provides an insight into how the group at Duddon is flourishing.

A message to young WWR paddlers

Paddle as many different types of boat as you can. Each type needs different skills.

Have a go at different disciplines of paddlesport: kayak – canoe - slalom – sprint – marathon.

Do 2 or 3 other sports to make you an all-round athlete, I like swimming front crawl as it uses similar muscles to paddling.

Make sure your kit is the right size for you – would you play football in boots two sizes too big? Keep away from those big heavy wavehoppers until you are big and strong enough to handle them.

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Taking the next step

Posted in Coaches Blog

Now that we've had a little rain, we can start to do some good skills work on the whitewater. 

I'd like to highlight a skill that is critical to advanced racing, and makes recreational paddling a WWR much easier as well - Predicitve Edging

The WWR manual has a number of drills that can be executed on flatwater, one of which is the 'drop hip steering'. This teaches the paddler to use downward pressure on the seat (or hips) to control the edge of the boat,, leaving the paddler able to continue with leg drive.

It is this type of edging (rather than bracing up into knee blocks or thigh bars) that we as paddlers employ a lot. One of the most common causes of problems on a rapid is edging incorrectly, or applying an edge too late. This is particularly true of capsizes involving entering a flow change (e.g. on a corner)

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Mentor Scheme

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...With just a couple of hours a week to offer...you could be part of the next big success story!

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